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Dine.alogue is an investigation into the dining culture in order to understand its history and how it may evolve in the future.

PART VI: THE FAMOUS ENSEMBLE
THE FOLDING TABLE + MONOBLOC CHAIR THE FOLDING TABLE Folding tables can be dated back to the ancient era. The 16th century forerunners,...
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Jul 3, 20223 min read
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PART V: DINING IN THE AGE OF MACHINE
DESIGN ITERATIONS FOR EFFICIENCY With the prevailing ideal of efficiency came various iterations of dining facilities. These design...
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Jul 3, 20223 min read
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PART IV: SOCIAL, POLITICAL & ECONOMIC SHIFTS
FLAMBOYANCE VS FUNCTIONALITY After three centuries of colonisation and trading establishment, the 18th century England and France were...
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Sep 5, 20212 min read
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PART llI: TABLE D’HÔTE & THE NOTION OF SHARED-OWNERSHIP
In the 12th century Europe, the urban population was insufficient to create an opening scene for a public establishment like a...
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Aug 29, 20212 min read
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PART lI: PUBLIC DEBUT
THE SINGING WAITER: WORLD’S 1ST RESTAURANT Up until the beginning of the 12th century, formal dining was an internal affair. A dining...
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Aug 29, 20212 min read
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PART I: TRADITIONS & CUSTOMS
Dining tables are the most fundamental forms of furniture since the dawn of human civilisation. From a dining couch of Ancient Greece to...
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Aug 29, 20212 min read
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